PAPER 2 CHECKLIST.
SECTION A: The Roaring 20s: USA 1918-1929.
1. How and why did the USA achieve prosperity in the 1920s?
Topic
Isolationism and its effects: American rejection of the Treaty of Versailles and refusal
to join the League of Nations; the consequences for the USA
Tariff policy: Fordney-McCumber Tariff of 1922
Mass production (e.g. Ford and the Motor industry); consumer industries and
advertising
Hire Purchase; purchase of shares; the stock market boom; republican government
policies
Developments in the entertainment industries, e.g. the cinema, Jazz.
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2. How far was the USA a divided society in the 1920s?
Topic
Rich versus poor: continuation of poverty for some – e.g. farmers
Race: immigration controls; the quota system of _92_; National origins Act of _924;
the Ku Klux Klan and its activities
Prohibition: groups for and against it; organised crime; the impact on society
Young people: fashions, flappers.
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3. Why did the US Stock Exchange collapse in 1929?
Topic
The problems of the _920s: over-production, lack of credit control; the effects of tariff
policy; unequal distribution of wealth
The Wall Street Crash: events and immediate consequences.
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SECTION B:
Depression and the New Deal: USA 1929-1941.
4. How serious were the effects of the depression on the American people?
Topic
The effects of the Wall Street Crash: the collapse of business and industry;
unemployment and its effects
The attempts of Hoover’s government to deal with the depression; economic failure
The unpopularity of Hoover and the election of Roosevelt.
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5. How did Roosevelt deal with the Depression?
Topic
Roosevelt’s fireside chats; banking crisis; New Deal helping farmers, unemployed,
home owners, workers, depressed areas
The main Alphabet Agencies: AAA, FERA, CWA, PWA, WPA, CCC and TVA
Helping industry: the NRA
The HOLC and the Social Security Act.
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6. How far was the New Deal successful in ending the Depression in the USA?
Topic
The effectiveness of the New Deal in achieving its aims; its limitations; the Second
New Deal
Criticisms and opposition to the New Deal from the Supreme Court and some
politicians
The impact of the Second World War on American economic recovery, _939–_94_:
increase in US exports; policy of Lend-Lease; effects within USA.
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The USA and Vietnam: Failure Abroad and at Home, 1964 – 1975.
7. How effective were guerrilla tactics during the Vietnam War?
Topic
The theory of guerrilla warfare
Guerrilla tactics, 1964–1968
The US response to guerrilla tactics: operation rolling Thunder; ‘Hearts and Minds’;
Agent orange and Napalm; Search and Destroy
The My Lai Massacre, 1968.
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8. How did the coverage of the Vietnam War in the USA lead to demands for peace?
Topic
TV and media coverage of the war, from the gulf of Tonkin to the evacuation of
Saigon
Protest movements in the USA, 1968–1973
The public reaction to the My Lai Massacre, the trial of Lieutenant Calley
The Kent State University protest, 1970
The Fulbright Hearings, 1971.
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9. Why were the US actions to end the Vietnam War unsuccessful?
Topic
The Tet offensive and its impact on the war, 1968
Attacks on Laos and Cambodia, 1970
US bombing of the North and attacks on Laos and Cambodie, 1970 –1972
The Paris Peace Conference and US withdrawal
The fall of Saigon, 1975.
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